Minidoka

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vh Margaret Junko Morita Hiratsuka Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-342-13)

Memories of Minidoka

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-342-13/

vh Masao Watanabe Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-103-17)

Reaction upon moving to Minidoka: "they were treating us like dogs"

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

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vh Masao Watanabe Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-103-20)

Working outside of camp while waiting for induction

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

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vh Masao Watanabe Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-103-18)

Deciding to volunteer for the army: "I don't know which was worse: being locked up in camp or going off to war"

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

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vh Masao Watanabe Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-103-19)

Family's reaction to military service

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

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vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-146-14)

Traveling to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, choosing to live within the camp itself

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vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-146-17)

Description of the incarcerated children working out on neighboring sugar beet farms; physical description of school conditions

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vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-146-16)

Participating in a new style of education, teaching core classes at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho

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vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-146-22)

Encouraging Japanese American students to believe in a positive future

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vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-146-15)

First impressions of Minidoka; meeting Jerome Light

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vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-146-21)

Thoughts on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"

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vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-146-19)

Description of a typical day of teaching in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho

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vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-146-24)

Encountering prejudice while in Twin Falls, Idaho, buying goods for the Japanese Americans in Minidoka

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vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-146-20)

Mother comes to visit in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho

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vh Robert Coombs Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-146-23)

Unique challenge of teaching Japanese American students about democracy while in a concentration camp: democracy in the U.S. is "imperfect"

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vh Miyoko Tsuboi Nakagawa Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-421-9)

First impressions of Minidoka

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vh Miyoko Tsuboi Nakagawa Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-421-10)

Jobs in camp: working in the procurement office

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vh Chiye Tomihiro Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-93-4)

Leaving Minidoka for Denver with the Yasui family's assistance

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-93-4/

vh Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-152-22)

First impressions of Minidoka incarceration, Idaho

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vh Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-152-21)

Moving to Minidoka concentration camp; several older siblings leave camp for the Midwest

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vh Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-152-27)

Getting into some mischief with friends; one of the later families to leave camp

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vh Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-152-26)

A younger sister is born in camp; mother stayed to work in camp while father went out to work in Oregon

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vh Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-152-23)

Attending grammar school in Minidoka; memories of a teacher who nearly used the term "Jap"

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vh Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-152-25)

Memories of the funeral service of a family friend who was killed while serving in the U.S. Military Intelligence Service

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vh Mas Akiyama Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-188-15)

Visiting a friend in Minidoka: "that was the worst camp that I visited"

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-188-15/